The legacy of shamans? Structural and cognitive perspectives of prehistoric symbolism in the Bering Strait region

• Main Authors: Qu, Feng, 曲, 枫
• Other Authors: Potter, Ben, Schweitzer, Peter, Plattet, Patrick, Koester, David
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Fairbanks; Bering Strait; Lawrence Island; Culture Punuk; Kukulik; Punuk culture; St Lawrence Island; Thule culture; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/4521

Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013 This research explores the meanings of prehistoric artistic artifacts discovered in the Bering Strait region. The research focuses on the prehistoric period between AD 100 and 1700, including Okvik culture, Old Bering Sea culture, Punuk Cultu...